# Install fake-gcs-server with Homebrew, Nix, zypper

Emulator for Google Cloud Storage API. Version 1.55.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#fake-gcs-server.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:fake-gcs-server
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install fake-gcs-server
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#fake-gcs-server
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fake-gcs-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install fake-gcs-server
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fake-gcs-server from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:fake-gcs-server
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.55.1
- **Source summary:** Emulator for Google Cloud Storage API
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T11:37:55+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- fake-gcs-server (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.55.1
## Project history and usage

fake-gcs-server is a Go-based emulator for the Google Cloud Storage API. It is designed for tests that need local bucket and object behavior without talking to Google Cloud.

### Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in May 2017. Its README presents the project both as a Go library, exposed through the fakestorage package, and as a standalone binary or Docker image.

### Adoption history

The project fits the common package-manager role of a local service emulator: install a small binary, run it in tests or CI, and point client code at a local endpoint. The README also documents Docker Hub images and GitHub releases, which broaden adoption beyond Go-only consumers.

### How it is used

Typical use is to start fake-gcs-server on a local port, optionally preload bucket/object data by mounting a /data directory, and run tests against its HTTP or HTTPS Google Cloud Storage-compatible endpoints. Server flags can also be supplied through FAKE_GCS_* environment variables.

### Why package nerds care

For packagers, fake-gcs-server is useful because it turns cloud-storage integration tests into local, reproducible processes. Its split identity as both a Go test library and a command-line emulator makes it useful in mixed-language test suites.

### Timeline

- 2017: The GitHub repository is created.
- 2026: v1.54.0 is published on GitHub releases.

### Related projects

- fake-gcs-server sits in the same tooling family as local emulators for datastore, pub/sub, and other cloud APIs used in integration tests.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server>
- <https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/fsouza/fake-gcs-server>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/fsouza/fake-gcs-server/releases?per_page=5>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - fake-gcs-server: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/fake-gcs-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - fake-gcs-server - 1.52.2-3.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: fake-gcs-server from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Google Cloud Storage emulator & testing library | https://github.com/fsouza/fake-gcs-server


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/fake-gcs-server.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/fake-gcs-server.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph